From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2008-03-07T02:03:15+09:00
Subject: Re: duplicating characters in a string

Adam Akhtar wrote:
> 
>> Ask 10 Ruby programmers this question and I'm sure you'll get 11
>> different answers.  If your definition of 'best' is 'fastest' you'll
>> simply have to code and benchmark a couple of solutions. 
> 
> Well actually im new to ruby so although fastest/best solutions would be 
> appreciated I'd  actually prefer ones that were not to advanced or 
> cryptic to read but at the same time not to innefficent.
> 
> Thanks so far for your suggestions!!

str = 'abc'
duplicate = 2

new_str = ""
str.each_byte do |byte|
  duplicate.times do
    new_str << byte
  end
end

puts new_str
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